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    Campaign 2008 and Religious Voters

    Participants spoke to reporters and released results of the Henry Institute National Survey on Religion and Public Life about religious voters in the 2008 presidential election. The study ex…

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    Calvin College Commencement Address

    President Bush spoke at the commencement for graduates of Calvin College. He spoke about his vision of America and how the graduates could make a difference in making that vision more of a r…

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    Tax Day Address

    Secretary O’Neill spoke about the state of the economy, tax code simplification and enforcement, as well as the past year’s tax relief program. Following his remarks he answered questions fr…

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    Is America Crazy?

    Mr. Leo talks about the state of American culture. Among the issues he addressed were the influences of academia, religion, and popular entertainment media on the overall culture. He also ta…

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    When Father Disappears...

    Author Barbara Dafoe Whitehead talked about the implications for men, women and children in the absence of a father from the home. She said that fatherless children stood five times more lik…

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    America's Future Based on Its Past

    Mr. Kaplan theorized that constructive pessimists who planned for the worst-case scenarios founded the United States. He said that Americans overemphasized the role of character in their cou…

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    The Truth About Iraq

    Scott Ritter, a former U.N. weapons inspector, talked about President Clinton’s policy towards Iraq. Mr. Ritter criticized the U.S. economic sanctions for punishing innocent people and faili…

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    Feminism

    Professor Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, Emory University, spoke about her book, “Feminism is Not the Story of My Life.” She said that the feminist movement does not speak for all women and called …

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    Technology and Society

    Professor Neil Postman talked about the impact of technology on our political, social and spiritual lives. He is the author of several books including Amusing Ourselves to Death and Technopo…

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    Race Relations in America

    Author and Professor, Michael Eric Dyson, gave a speech at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI. Mr. Dyson talked about the dynamics of race relations within the United States.

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    China Today

    Dr. Spence, Sterling Professor of History, discussed the future of China, specifically Hong Kong, and the capitalization of the Chinese economy.

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    From Marxism to Christianity

    Eugene Genovese talked about his conversion from Marxism to Christianity and the future of Marxist thought in the wake of the fall of the Soviet Union. He is the author of the book Roll Jord…

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